Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] i [vb past] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | I left right , right , I ran off I jumped out the car because I heard them driving round the corner |
| 2 | And er she says Jean I swear to God she says if she comes over near my door , I 've told Jim she says , I , I 'm ready for her I 'll beat her round that square and she said I 'm not like that but she says that 's just the way she says , and she hurt my kids when I sent them Easter eggs over , doing that she says , that really galled me , she says cos they were hurting my kids rather than me . |
| 3 | Stok joined in the last three words as I said them , and then he laughed So loud that I thought he would shake some of the cracked tiles off the wall . |
| 4 | My results were received with general disbelief when I announced them at a conference near Oxford . |
| 5 | Almost as if you understood what was in my mind when I designed them . ’ |
| 6 | They said they would not let my back into the village until I got them a ration card and some wheat . |
| 7 | Old hands from the music business — usually loquacious if invited to reminisce — were struck by collective amnesia when I asked them about Dury . |
| 8 | They were about to arrest the whole band until I told them I was to blame . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do you think the speakers would give a better quality of sound if I moved them further apart ? ’ |
| 10 | Well a thing called power handshakes , which I thought were the biggest load of gobbledegook until I watched them , a specific chat show host . |
| 11 | One of the men called to me in German as I passed them . |
| 12 | But I have made the films as I wanted them . |
| 13 | Every last one of them I would imagine that were in that room when I met them er a week ago Friday I would , would probably stake my shirt on it , not that shirt , but this one |
| 14 | I was unfamiliar with the equipment in the room , although I knew an operating table and anaesthetic apparatus when I saw them . |
| 15 | and could report upon them in their own ethical statements , but they could not object to my ethical statements as I meant them , if I have the relevant feelings . |
| 16 | Says the star : ‘ They did n't bat an eyelid when I told them I wanted it delivered 5,000 miles away in London . |
| 17 | I 'm quite a lazy person so I ignored them . |
| 18 | I thought it might hurt the boys ’ feelings if I told them we think Miguelito is better-looking than they are . ’ |
| 19 | The way they were hanging on to each other when I caught them , it 's very easy to believe . ’ |
| 20 | I was really chuffed because normally with those the fans are ducking in the Shed when I hit them . |
| 21 | They put things right with a smile when I got them wrong , and I fell into their ways and rhythm of working as well as I could . |
| 22 | My dad bought me these bought me a micro , bought me a twenty five pair of erm pyjamas from Marks cos I saw them . |
| 23 | and they had all these great pads you know and I had all these maternity pads because I needed them you know I had to pad up and I had to and I felt so embarrassed |
| 24 | ‘ I suggested the same thing to every other member of the backroom staff as I appointed them and they all agreed . |
| 25 | Seems ages since I saw them . |
| 26 | He 'd change the subject if I mentioned them , |
| 27 | They would never stay in my bedroom very long , but you can imagine my excitement each lunchtime as I watched them arrive in the garden , enter the house and quack their way up to me , as regular as clockwork . |
| 28 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
| 29 | Aunt Kit never wrote , it would have shamed her to write my married name on the envelope , but she knitted for the baby , strange , holey garments that stretched to a huge size when I washed them , big enough for a prize boxer . |
| 30 | I did n't lose her till she was over twenty but So but I think it was desperation because if I 'd had money I should 've had a house full of children because I loved them , you see , I 've always loved children . |